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PRINTERS SLUG.

No. 470,154. Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

UNITED STATES AT FICE'Q FREMONT T. GUNDERSON AND CHARLES G. WVILSON, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID WILSON ASSIGNOR TO SAID GUNDERSON.

PRINTERS SLUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,154, dated March 1,1892. Application filed July 27, 1891. Serial No. 400,903. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREMONT T. GUNDER- SON and CHARLES G. WILSON,citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Printers Slugs, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a printers slug which willservethe purpose of marking in the galley-proofs the matter set up fromcertain takes of copy and which will also denote the compositor by whoma certain take may have been set up, thus saving time in marking theproofs by the galleyboys and avoiding mistakes, this improved devicebeing a combination case and copy slug.

-In newspaper offices compositors are denoted by certain numbers,(commonly called slugs,) these numbers denoting the numbers of the casesto which the compositors are assigned, and in proceeding to set up atake of copy a slug is placed atthe head of the matter thus set up.

This invention consists of a two-part slug,

. one part of which will be marked to designate the take of copy and theother part marked to designate the compositor by Whom such take may havebeen set, the designating marks being on the upper or printing face ofthe slug and thus appearing in the galley-proofs.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the improved slug with thetwo parts closed together. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the two partsslightly separated from each other. Fig. 3 is a similar view with theparts entirely separated from each other. Fig. 4 is a top view of thetwo-part slug, showing its printing-face with designating marks. Fig. 5is an end view thereof, and Fig. 6 illustrates a slight modification.

A and B denote the two parts of the slug, the part A being the copy-slugto denote the take of copy and the part B being the caseslug to denotethe compositor by whom the take may be set up. Each of the partsAand Bis preferably formed with a recess a and with an extension b of a sizecorresponding to ted together, as shown in Fig. 1, they make,practically, a solid block, but may be somewhat extended or separatedfrom each other, as shown in Fig. 2, to fill columns of different widthsor to accommodate different lengths of line. The two parts of the slugare preferably just alike, except as to their designating marks, andwhen thus of the same size and shape any two of them when fittedtogether will make, practically, a solid block,

as above stated; but they may be of a diiferent size, as shown in Fig.6, if desired. These slugs are of the height of ordinarytype, so as toprint when set up with the type, and their upper faces are provided withsuitable designating characters, which will show in the galley-proofs,and thus save time and avoid mistakes. The part A, which is termed thecopyslug,is shown as having the characters 1 A to denote the take ofcopy, and the part B is shown as being provided with the numeral 4: todenote the compositor of case 4, who may have set up the take 1 A.Proper sets of these slugs will be provided having characters includingthe entire alphabet, if desired,

of copy gets, for instance, take 1 A, and he then selects from a racknear the copy-box copy-slug 1 A and goes to his case and puts his owncase-slug, which is, say, 4, in his composing-stick with the copy-slug 1A, and the combined copy and case slug will then be at 8 5 the head ofthe matter set up and will appear in the galley-proof to mark the sameproperly. The next man will get, say, take 2A, and the third, say, 3 A,and so on, the copy-slugs being accompanied in the composed matter withthe proper case-slugs to denote the difierent compositors, so that theproofs are marked as soon as printed, and time is thus saved andmistakes avoided in assorting copy.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A printers slugconsisting of two parts having on their upper faces suitable desigtherecess, so that when the two parts are fit- 5o printing characters toappear in the proof and each of the said parts havingarecess and also anextension to fit the recess of its fellow.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our I 5 signatures in presence oftwo witnesses.

FREMONT T. GUNDERSON. CHARLES G. WILSON.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. S. BURTON, J EAN ELLIOTT.

